Specialty: Microbiology

Dr Donald Lyon is a Consultant Microbiologist and Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship. He graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1982 and subsequently trained in Microbiology in Glasgow and Leicester.

During 1991 to 2004, he worked in Hong Kong as a Lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and later as Consultant at the Prince of Wales Hospital, and was awarded Master of Public Health by the Chinese University in 2001.

He has been a Consultant at SASH since 2004, and was also the Consultant Microbiologist for Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, during 2004-2007.

His interests include the use of antimicrobials, antibiotic-resistant micro-organisms and travel related infections.